Anne Cassidy was born in London in 1952 and was a teacher in London schools for nineteen years before she turned to writing full-time. Anne has been writing books for teenagers for many years and concentrates on crime stories and thrillers. She is the author of the international award-winning Looking for JJ.
Madeleine trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Born and raised in Bristol, she is a dual national of British/French extraction. In the Theatre Madeleine has played the roles of Ophelia in Hamlet, Christina Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa and Pamina in The Night Queen. Madeleine appeared in BBCTV’s The Best of Men, and during her training was a nominee for the Carlton Hobbs Radio competition.